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Educators and researchers are increasingly sounding the alarm: Boys are falling behind in school. On nearly every educational metric, boys, on average, are doing worse than girls. They are less engaged in class, more likely to get in trouble, less likely to graduate high school on time, and more likely to question the value of a college degree.

This fall, Education Week Staff Writer Elizabeth Heubeck explored what it takes for boys to be inspired to learn. She traveled to a play-centric kindergarten classroom in New Hampshire, a progressive charter middle school in Charlottesville, Va., a career-focused rural high school in Delaware, and an all-boys school in Baltimore to observe and learn about some of the practices that, while beneficial for all students, can motivate boys in particular and help them succeed. Her reporting shows that boys can thrive under the right conditions.

This special reporting project documents the extent of what experts refer to as the 鈥渂oy crisis鈥� in education and offers accessible, practical solutions.